KJV King James Version
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 6:22
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
WEB World English Bible
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
ASV American Standard Version
The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,
Surrounding context — Matthew 6
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great [is] that darkness!
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὉG3588 · hothe/this/whoλύχνοςG3088 · luchnoslampτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoσώματόςG4983 · sōmabodyἐστινG1510 · eimito beὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoὀφθαλμός.G3788 · ophthalmoseyeἐὰνG1437 · eanifοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenᾖG1510 · eimito beὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoὀφθαλμόςG3788 · ophthalmoseyeσουG4771 · suyouἁπλοῦς,G573 · haploussoundὅλονG3650 · holosallτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoσῶμάG4983 · sōmabodyσουG4771 · suyouφωτεινὸνG5460 · phōteinosbrightἔσται·G1510 · eimito be
Cross-references
Luke 11:34-36The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when [thine eye] is evil, thy body also [is] full of darkness.2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.Colossians 3:22Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:Ephesians 6:5Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;Acts 2:46And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
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